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League Studies
Hate
Crime Study
Study Purpose: To inform the League of Women
Voters of the history and controversy surrounding hate crime legislation
(bias-motivated offense) in Utah . This study will define
hate crime, summarize Utah ’s history with hate crime legislation,
discuss the arguments for and against the passage of hate crimes
legislation into law and discuss the legal concerns surrounding
the legislation.
A Background Study
on the Redevelopment Agencies of Utah
Study Purpose: The League of Women Voters of Utah
is studying Redevelopment Agency (RDA) laws and their implementation
in Utah to decide
if the current law is in the best interests of the economic well
being and civil rights of Utah
citizens and if there could be changes that might
improve the law.
RDAs are created by municipalities or counties and enabled by
state law. However, some Utah
legislators perceived abuses under the RDA law.
These abuses were centered on the use of eminent domain, misinterpretation
of the concept of blight and the loss of property taxes by counties
and schools. The 2005 Legislature passed an amendment to
the law, Senate Bill 184, to eliminate these abuses. Most
items in the amendment expired in 2006. The Legislature
then made several additional changes to the law in the 2006 Legislative
session.
This study is presented to give citizens the background to understand
current legislation.
Local Option
Sales Tax ( further explanation)
Energy Studies:
Political
Decisions and Nuclear Waste
Storage in Utah 14
- This is basically background information on the state of hazardous
waste in Utah
, how we got where we are and what if anything we can do about
it. The committee has prepared some discussion questions
for local unit time and also some consensus questions.
We are hoping to have a statewide position ready by convention.
Local members will have the option of planning unit time, or
having their board answer the consensus questions, or have their
individual members respond directly to state.
- For an update on Nuclear Waste issues as a result of the 2005
Legislative Session.
- Position
- August 2006
Energy Alternatives for Today and Tomorrow
- A Report to
Salt
Lake
League of Women Voters, Spring 2007.
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- A year ago global warming was an abstract concept to which most people paid little attention. Today it is widely perceived as a problem that threatens our way of life. Much like tackling the national obesity problem, concerns about global warming have met no "magic bullet" solution. We have, however, identified many partial measures that can be implemented in attempting to reverse our situation over time. This report undertakes to summarize a complex body of knowledge in process of rapid evolution.
Election Studies
Systems
of Choosing Elected Officials Part I
- This background
study was prepared by Ann O’Connell. It is a collection
of two studies written by California Leagues that inform and/or
clarify the many systems or types of elections available and used
by different local and state governments.
Elections Systems Study Part II
- The Major Election Systems study of
the Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, League of Women Voters will
provide the material for Part II . An overview of this study was
written by Ann OConnell for the LWV-SL Voter.
LWVUS Study on the National Popular Vote Compact Background Paper
Selection of the President
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